By STAFF Writer
August 07, 2011
On August 6, 1991 the World Wide Web was born. Tim Berners-Lee, the brain behind World Wide Web, posted a summary of a project to organize information on a computer network by making use of a "web" of hyperlinks: the "WorldWideWeb," also then known as W3. The W3 made its debut then as a publicly available service on the Internet.
In two decades of the WWW, the world has been completely changed. The world got speed in almost everything. From sending letters to making phone calls, and from shopping to watching missed TV series. Everything has been changed.
Asia Pacific News entire team gives a big thank to Tim Berners-Lee for revolutionizing the world.
A dozen best presents that World Wide Web has given to the world:
Search engines like Goolge, Bing and Yahoo that made searching easy and simple with few simple keystrokes. No more going to library for information.
Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and other such email services made our letters reach in real time along with sending photos, songs, videos and more.
Wikipedia, the most reliable and best source for information, became the encyclopedia on the Internet.
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Google+ and Orkut revolutionized the way we communicate with our friends, relatives, and other people.
YouTube and few other video sites made broadcasting ourself possible with no cost. Teen reality star Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube.
Skype, Google Voice, Yahoo messenger, and many other sites made voice and video calling possible from anywhere.
Tila Tequila is a star born on the World Wide Web. The reality star was discovered on MySpace. Similarly, teen superstardom Justin Bieber was found on YouTube.
Amazon, ebay, and many other shopping sites made shopping easy and made it possible to shop from within the four walls of our home or office.
Hackers likes Lulzsec and Anonymous, though nuisance to authorities, have gathered much media attention across the world.
Missing your favorite show was made possible to watch through sites like Hulu, Netflix, Redbox, amazon.com Prime etc.
Smartphones are the ultimate gifts of World Wide Web.
GPS service is one of the best gifts and highly helpful to find where in the world is XYZ. You can locate anyone with the help of GPS system.
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